Ledesma, Vargas, LLC is a multi-service law firm with over 13 attorneys with an extensive and skillful background in Financing, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts, Real Estate, Notarial, Commercial Leasing, Bankruptcy, Trusts and Estates, Taxes, Labor and Employment Law, Health and Insurance Law, Consumer and Commercial Collections, Administrative, General Civil and Commercial Litigation, both Federal and Commonwealth Courts. While maintaining our roots as a boutique law firm where every client is the most important, our attorneys are dedicated members of the legal profession with the highest regards to ethical standards and professional excellence.

LV Law relies on the professional skills, integrity and vision of its attorneys to provide our clients creative legal solutions and straight talk.

LV Law consists of a diverse group of attorneys that have come together to provide sound legal advice through maximizing business opportunities and corporate structuring. Quality, Results, Integrity, and Experience best defines our profile as a firm. Ledesma & Vargas, LLC is located at the 221 Plaza Building in the center of the Business and Financial District in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

““Our Mission is to protect our client’s interest and promote their long-term business success and reputation through high quality and personalized cost-effective legal services.””

• FirstBan Corp.
• FirstBank Puerto Rico
• Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
• MCS Puerto Rico
• Centros Comerciales de Puerto Rico
• Doctor’s Hospital
• Five Development Corp.
• Edelcar, Inc.
• Rigid-Pak Corporation
• Cámara de Comercio Española
• MMM
• Laser Products, Inc.
• Luquillo Beach View
• Putnam Bridge
• Triton Equity Partners, LLC
• MIDA
• MMM Holdings, Inc.
• NuVasive, Inc.
• Sargeant Marine
• Tower Acquisition
• Castro Business Enterprises, Inc./NGX Military Stores
• Tetrad Energy
• M. Solar, LLC
• M. Solar Generating, LLC
• Culebra Island Realty
• Data Supplies Corp.
• Alternate Concepts, Inc.
• Pazo's Fuel Services, Inc.
• NEVESEM, Inc.
• RM Holdings
• Ecosystems, Inc.
• Oriana Energy, LLC
• Energinter PR
• Desarrollos del Norte, Inc.
• Pazo’s Fuel
• Caribe Bio Fuel
• Almacenes Pitusa
• National Lumber

LV Law's Corporate Division represents commercial banks, mortgage lenders, leasing companies and a wide array of business clients. In the course of their representation, the members of the Corporate Division have developed an enabling expertise to anticipate and solve issues related to general and specialized corporate transactions, financing, business, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, D.P.O transactions and commercial leasing.

The Tax Division at LV Law is focused in providing our clients with the tools and expertise necessary to prepare for any tax-related issues involved in day-to-day business and individual transactions. Tax advice includes, but is not limited to, matters in income, property, excise, municipal license and payroll taxes, as well as employee benefits, estate, gift tax planning and tax credits.

We also provide services in the formation of new entities in Puerto Rico, the planning involved to maximize tax benefits, and consequences in doing business among the various alternatives provided by law. Our practice also includes tax exemption matters (including industrial and tourism activities) affecting Puerto Rico, United States and foreign entities operating in Puerto Rico, as well as the tax credits applicable to the corresponding incentives Act. We assist our clients in complex corporate transactions, such as, reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as simple transactions.

We have served as advocates and have represented our clients before the various taxing authorities (Treasury Department, Municipal Revenue Collection Center, and various Municipalities) to negotiate closing agreements and private letter rulings. As part of our services, we also assist in monitoring Legislative Bills and Administrative Regulations and drafting position papers and/or testimonies for Committees and Agencies, including drafting of new legislation.

In today's highly regulated and legislated market place, many of our clients are faced with legislative and regulatory interventions. Drawing on the skills of the firm's varied practitioners, former elected officials, retired Judges and former high-ranking Executive Officials; we have helped our clients by:

• Articulating a policy position and inserting their views in the policy debates.
• Monitoring Legislative Bills and Administrative Regulations and drafting position papers and/or testimonies for Committees and Agencies.
• Drafting of new legislation.
• Counseling our clients in many of the traditional and emerging issues in the areas of taxes, health care, eminent domain, banking regulations and financial products.

Through our grasp of the rules of legislative procedure, a sense of how the institutions of government operate and the expertise of our practitioners, we work together with our clients to achieve what is sensible and in a way that promotes each client's long-term business and reputation.

Our trial lawyers are trained to conduct litigation in both languages, Spanish and English for they are admitted to the Puerto Rico Bar Association and/or the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Our Litigation Department handles litigation involving the following specialized areas:

• Contractual Law
• Torts Injunctive Relief
• Insurance
• Creditors in Bankruptcy Matters
• Eminent Domain
• Construction
• Consumer and Commercial Collections
• Mortgage Foreclosures
• HUD Rules and Regulations
• Labor and Employment Claims

Litigators at LVV are also active representing claims before the administrative agencies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.